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Exhibit B
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Issues For Consideration
2019-20 Federal harvest specifications and management measures for sardine
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Exhibit B 1 Issues For Consideration 2019-20 Federal harvest - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Exhibit B 1 Issues For Consideration 2019-20 Federal harvest - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Exhibit B 1 Issues For Consideration 2019-20 Federal harvest specifications and management measures for sardine 2 Issue 1. Federal Management Measures Actively managed Monitored Prohibited Ecosystem Component Pacific sardine Jack
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Issue 1. Federal Management Measures
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Actively managed Monitored Prohibited Ecosystem Component
Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) Pacific mackerel (Scomber japonicus) Jack mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus) Market squid (Loligo opalescens) Northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax) Krill (euphausiid spp.) Pacific herring (Clupea pallassi) Jacksmelt (Atherinops californiensis) Shared Ecosystem Component Species (All PFMC FMPs)
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Sardine Stock Status
- Stock Assessment
– Additional year of data, indexed to acoustic survey – Revised 2017 survey estimate lower – High scientific uncertainty, very limited biological and fishery data
- Result: population is overfished
– Below MSST – Recent recruitment insufficient to rebuild – 2 years from notice (Jun or Sep) for PFMC/ NMFS to develop and implement a rebuilding plan
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Historical Sardine Trends
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Million Metric Tons Year
Centuries of sardine abundance hindcasted from fish scale deposition rates in sediments.
Baumgartner et al. (1992). History of Pacific Sardine and Northern Anchovy Populations, CalCOFI Rep., Vol. 33
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Federal Sardine Harvest Limits
- Applies to entire US
West Coast
- Continue directed
fishery closure for 5th year
- Allow small level of
harvest:
– Live Bait Fisheries – Small Scale Fisheries – Research Fisheries – Incidental Harvest
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Federal Sardine Management
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Incidental Limit, CPS Fisheries 20% of a landing Incidental Limit, non-CPS Fisheries 2 mt per trip Live Bait Fishery, if land > 2,500 mt 1 mt per trip Live bait fishery and CPS Fisheries, if ACT attained 1 mt per trip Overfishing Lim it ( OFL) 5,816 mt Allow able Biological Catch ( ABC) 4,514 mt Annual Catch Limit (ACL, all sources) 4,514 mt Annual Catch Target (ACT) 4,000 mt
Management Measures Harvest Specifications
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Staff Recommendation
Adopt federal regulations by reference for Coastal Pelagic Species fisheries
– Continue closure of the directed sardine fishery and adopt incidental catch limits
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